Fried Catfish With A Kick Recipes

SOUTHERN FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix buttermilk, water, salt, and pepper. Pour mixture into a flat pan large enough to hold the fillets. Spread fish in one layer over bottom of pan, turning to coat each side, and set aside to marinate.
• In a 2 gallon resealable plastic bag, combine the cornmeal, flour, and seafood seasoning. Add fish to mixture, a few fillets at a time, and tumble gently to coat evenly.
• Heat oil in deep fryer to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C).
• Deep fry fillets until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Avoid overcrowding so fillets have room to brown properly. Fish should be slightly crisp outside, and moist and flaky inside. Drain on paper towels.

SECRET INGREDIENT FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• In a shallow bowl, whisk eggs and water. In another shallow bowl, combine the pancake mix, seasoned salt and pepper. Dip fillets in egg mixture, then coat with seasoned pancake mix., In an electric skillet or deep-fat fryer, heat oil to 375°. Fry fillets, a few at a time, for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.

QUICK PAN FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• In shallow bowl, stir together Bisquick mix, cornmeal and seafood seasoning. Pat catfish fillets dry with paper towels; brush both sides of fillets with dressing. Coat with Bisquick mixture, lightly pressing mixture onto fillets.
• In 10-inch nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Cook catfish in hot oil 6 to 10 minutes, turning once, until fish flakes easily with fork. Serve immediately with lemon.

JEANNIE'S KICKIN' FRIED FISH

Steps:

• Beat the egg with milk in a shallow bowl. In another shallow bowl, mix together the bread crumbs, roasted onion flakes, garlic, blackened seasoning, crushed red pepper flakes, black pepper, and sea salt.
• Dip a tilapia fillet into the egg mixture, then press gently into the crumb mixture on both sides; set the coated fillet onto a plate. Repeat with remaining fillets; refrigerate the coated fillets for about 15 minutes to help set the crumbs.
• Heat the olive oil and butter in a cast-iron frying pan over medium heat. Lay the fillets into the skillet, and pan-fry until golden brown on each side, about 3 minutes per side. The fish should be opaque and flaky underneath the coating. Remove and drain fillets on paper towels.

FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• Pat fish dry; transfer to a pie dish or other wide, shallow dish. Season generously with salt andpepper. Add buttermilk, turning and arranging fish strips to fully submerge. Let stand 2 hours, or refrigerate, loosely covered, up to 8 hours.
• In another pie dish, season cornmeal with salt and pepper. Working one at a time, lift fishstrips from buttermilk, allowing excess to drip off, and dredge in cornmeal mixture, turning toevenly coat. Gently shake off any excess; transfer to a wire rack.
• Pour enough oil into a large, heavy-bottomed skillet (preferably cast iron) to come 1/4 inchup sides (about 3/4 cup); heat over medium-high. When oil shimmers and a bit of cornmeal sizzles when dropped in, add fish in a single layer (do not crowd pan; fry in batches if necessary). Cook, undisturbed, until fish is golden brown on bottoms and lifts easily from skillet, 2 to 3 minutes. Flip and continue cooking until golden on bottoms and just cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes more. Transfer to a clean wire rack, season with salt, and let cool 1 minute. Serve with lemon wedges and hot sauce, or one of the fish sauces.

CLASSIC FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• COMBINE first 5 ingredients in a large shallow dish.
• Sprinkle fish with 1/4 teaspoon salt; dredge in cornmeal mixture, coating evenly.
• POUR oil to a depth of 1 1/2 inches into a deep cast-iron skillet; heat to 350 degrees;.
• Fry fish, in batches, 5 to 6 minutes or until golden; drain on paper towels.

FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a deep saucepot or small fryer to 350 degrees F.
• Next, in a bowl, whisk together the eggs and milk, ensuring to mix well. Then place in a shallow pan.
• To bread the fish, evenly sprinkle both sides of the fillets with the salt and pepper, then dip in the seasoned flour and tap off any excess. Follow with the egg wash and finish with the cornmeal. The breading should be evenly over the fillets. Proceed to place in the heated oil and cook for 3 minutes. Then flip and finish for 2 minutes. The crust should be golden brown and crisp. Then remove from the oil and place on a paper-towel-lined platter.
• To finish, drizzle with lemon juice and serve.

FRIED CATFISH WITH A KICK

Steps:

• Cut your catfish fillets into four pieces. You'll want to make sure your catfish fillets are about 4-6oz a piece.
• In a mixing bowl add the buttermilk, eggs and Worcestershire sauce. Blend until smooth with a fork or whisk.
• Let soak in egg and buttermilk mixture for 25-30 minutes.
• Drain all but about 1/2 cup of buttermilk and egg mixture from bowl. Add your creole mustard and half creole seasoning to the fillets and remaining wet mixture. Evenly coat fillets in mixture to ensure mustard and seasoning is evenly distributed.
• In seperate bowl mix together the remaining creole seasoning, black pepper, cayenne, onion powder, garlic powder, corn flower, corn meal, and flour.
• Or you can use 1 1/4 cups Lousiana fish fry instead of the corn flour and corn meal.
• Use a wok or another pot or pan with reasonable room to fry your fish. I would use a cast iron dutch oven or large cast iron frying pan for the best heat distribution. You don't want to crowd your fish too much, so make sure it's big enough or do two batches.
• Heat your peanut oil to about 375°F.
• Make sure to drain fillets fairly well before coating them in the dry mixture. Pat the extra dry coating off to avoid burnage. Let sit on wire rack for 2 minutes before placing in hot oil.
• Make sure the oil is really hot (375F) before placing fish into oil. Once you place your coated fillet pieces into your hot oil, turn the temp down to Med-High. Then after a minute turn to Med. Brown on each side for about 3-4 minutes depending on the size of your fillets. Turn heat back to Med-High when you first turn your fish. Turn back to Med after about a minute. They will be golden brown, but not too brown.
• If you need to do two batches due to the size of your pan then turn back up to med-high and get oil back to 375F before adding second batch. Turn back to Med after you've dropped your fish and let them cook for about the first minute.
• Place on wire cooling rack for about 2 minutes and serve then immediately.
• Goes great with cocktail sauce. French bread with butter and french fries are a yummy yet fattening addition to this dish.
• Oh, and don't forget that pint of beer!

PAN FRIED CATFISH

Steps:

• Rinse the fillets and pat them dry with paper towels. Mix the cornmeal, flour, salt, creole seasoning, paprika, and pepper together in a shallow dish. Pour the milk into a second shallow dish. Dip the fillets into the milk and then into the cornmeal mixture, coating them well and shaking of any excess.
• Heat 1/2 the butter in a large skillet over high heat, and fry 2 of the fillets for about 3 minutes on each side, or until the fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.
• Transfer the fillets to a serving platter and keep warm. Repeat with remaining butter and fillets. Serve immediately, garnished with lemon wedges.